UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) board of trustees has appointed Anthony J. Colón as board chair and Dr. Frank Dubeck, Jr., as board vice chair, effective Oct. 1. Colón is serving his 12th year on the board of trustees since his Oneida County appointment in 2008. He previously served as vice […]
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) board of trustees has appointed Anthony J. Colón as board chair and Dr. Frank Dubeck, Jr., as board vice chair, effective Oct. 1.
Colón is serving his 12th year on the board of trustees since his Oneida County appointment in 2008. He previously served as vice chair from 2018 until Sept. 30 of this year.
Colón worked for California–based Mitchell International for 10 years as a senior account executive and director of Latin American sales and marketing. Since 1999, Colón has provided bilingual services to a variety of organizations including the federal and New York court systems. He also is contracted to provide family-support services through the Integrated Community Alternatives Network (ICAN).
Colón currently holds leadership positions within the New York State and (national) Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). He was the 2015 winner of the New York Community College Trustees Marvin A. Rapp Award for distinguished trustee service. He recently was elected 2021 Chair of the ACCT Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, which provides leadership for the involvement of historically underrepresented diverse populations within the governance activities of the board.
Dubeck was appointed to the MVCC board of trustees in 2015 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He is medical director for Change Healthcare in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, a position in which he provides clinical support for the development and maintenance of various software solutions for the health-care industry. He previously worked as chief medical officer, VP of medical policy, and regional VP of the Utica Region at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
Prior to Excellus, Dubeck was the executive VP at Summerhill Co. in Sherburne, a physician services company, and served as a general internist at Slocum Dickson Medical Group in New Hartford, for 12 years.
Mohawk Valley Community College, established in 1946, has campuses in Utica and Rome and has 6,000 full-time and part-time students.